From words to play – how to bring a play to life?

How do you turn words on a page into a vivid, mesmerizing piece of performance?

What do you do when the play is so strange and complex that you do not know where to start?

And how about when the play itself is not written…? When it is just the germ of an idea, not fully expressed yet?

My guest today is a director and producer whose approach to theatre-making is inclusive: Tonje Wik Olaussen tells you how she invites actors, writers and more into the creative process and stays true to her vision as a director.

Click on the video to watch 🙂

Tonje kindly shared some of her favorite books with me, which are now definitely in my reading list:

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